Fostering local community participation in rural water supply management in Meru District, Tanzania

ECO-BOMA : a climate-resilient model for Maasai steppe pastoralists

Solar Fund and Utility for Tanzanian Secondary Schools

Investing in Maasai women

S.A.F.E. Gardens

Improving the access to water resources

Closed projects

Sustainable farming practices for food security in Maasai steppes

Improved water accessibility in Ngarenanyuki Ward

Safe Food Save Lives

Maasai Women Art

Mkuru Training Camp

Cultivating Future at School

Wildlife protection and antipoaching

BEST RAY Bringing Energy Service in Tanzania Rural Area

Water Changes Lives

Local micro-business empowerment

Cultivating Future at School

Cultivating Future at School is a 3 years project that started in April 2010. It is funded by Intervita Onlus and implemented by Istituto Oikos in partnership with Oikos East Africa. The initiative aims at improving the educational level of 17 primary schools and at raising awareness on correct nutrition in rural areas of Oldonyosambu and Ngarenanyuki Wards, in Northern Tanzania.

We are currently working with about 8000 children between 6 and 16 years old, 120 primary school teachers and about 10,000 community members of 8 different villages.
During the first two years of the project we have realized many school vegetable gardens to improve the school meals, we have built 11 kitchens with high energy efficiency improved stoves, we have organized trainings on home gardening and correct nutrition, we have installed solar systems in the classrooms, we have built playgrounds and we have provided school materials like books, desks, cupboards and computers.
Working in primary schools is crucial to us: we believe that the children are the starting point to build a better future for the local population ,that includes correct nutrition, quality education and respect for the environment.